Draining hose-reel.



G. M. MoGALL.

DRAINING HOSE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED 11011.2, 1911 1,1 1 5,825, v Patented 0015.27, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS Ca, PHOTVLITHQ. WASHINGTON, D. c.

CLARENCE IVL MCCALL, OF MARION, NORTH CAROLINA.

DRAINING HOSE-REEL.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914:-

Application filed November 2, 1911. Serial No. 658,166.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. Mo- CALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Marion, in the county of Mc- Dowell and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draining Hose-Reels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in reels employed in holding garden hose, in a manner insuring the water draining out of the hose while the hose is not in use; and the object of my invention is to provide a self-draining hose reel of this general character, of a simple and durable construction so arranged that after the hose has been wound upon the reel, the hose will be so coiled and held that all water within the same will drain out, insuring the interior of the hose beingperfectly dry while not inuse.

Another object is to provide a self-draining hose reel so constructed that several lengths of hose can be successively wound thereon.

A further object is to provide a hose reel so constructed that the hose can be expeditiously wound thereon andbe so held that the same can be readily removed therefrom.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the appended claim, it being further understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim, with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1, is a side elevational view of the hose reel in its draining position. Fig. 2, is a top view with portions broken away. Fig. 8, is a sectional detail showing several of the resiliently held retaining webs. Fig. 4 is a section through the duplex clip as used in my invention.

Where garden hose is wound upon the reel revolving upon an axis held in a horizontal plane, a certain amount of water collects within the lowermost portion of each hose coil. This results ultimately in rotholding the ting the hose, and in my present invention I provide a garden hose reel having a drum which is normally held with its axis in a vertical plane, the hose being wound in a spiral, so that all water within the hose will drain out of the same.

In carrying out the object of my invention, I employ a preferably U-shaped bent wood frame 1, within the ends 2 of which is held a cross bar 8. support to the two transversely secured runners 4. Near one end the runners are braced by means of the rod 5, while at the other end is located the shaft 6 revolubly wheels 7 The wheels 7 are held upon the shaft 6 by means of the nuts 8. Extending from one of the runners is a shoe 9, shown in Fig. 1, which extends outward as far as does the outer face of the securing nut 8 holding the wheel to the shaft, as shown in Fig. 1, while secured to the same side of the frame near the handle forming portion 1, however, is a shoe 10, which also extends outward as far as the I end of the nut 8, so that when the reel is in its draining position, the frame is supported at the three points represented by the two shoes and the end of the shaft. Transversely held within the frame within suitable bearing openings, not shown, is the drum shaft 11, to which the drum 12 is suitably secured. Spirally fixed to the drum is the resilient hose holding flange which comprises a strip of sheet metal bent double and having its two edges curved fiaringly outward to provide a V-shaped securing base. At its two ends the flange however, has its securing edge bent at right angles for convenience sake.

Fig. 3 shows the terminal end A, of the flange which has the flat securing base 13 which is held to the drum by means of the rivets 1 1, shown also in Fig. 1, passing through suitable openings within the drum and flange. The flange portion forming the first hose receiving groove, has themwardly directed snugs a, as shown in Fig. 3. In the drawings the flange is of a depth to receive two lengths of garden hose in superposed position, and snugs are shown for both lengths of hose. These snugs are used to hold the hose in position in the manner shown in Fig. 3. The flange is fixed to the drum in a spiral, as is shown in Fig. 1, the edges of the curved base forming The ends further give:

a the flange intermediate of its ends.

portions 6 of the flange, as disclosed in Fig. 8, meeting and being held and secured in juxtaposition. The ends with the flat flanges 13 being secured to the drum in fixing the flange, it is an easy matter to secure the intermediate portions of the flange to the drum. This I accomplish in providing the flange with apertures at the lines forming the meeting edges, so that the' so that several lengths of hose can be coiled upon the reel.. The drum 1?. is of a Width so that one length of hose can be held upon the same in a draining position. As many parties use several lengths of hose, I make the flange of a depth so that several lengths of hose may be secured in a draining position upon the drum. The hose, it is understood,'will only drain if the same is held vertical in a spiral position. v

In referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that if a second length of hose were attached to the nozzle end of the hose II, it would'have to be wound in a direction opposite to the spiral, in which condition the hose would not drain. In order to insure the second length of hose draining, the same must be detached and spirally secured to the drum upon the first draining length. i

In order to firmly hold the attaching end of the hose to the drum, I provide the duplex U-shaped clip, as shown in Fig. 4, whichis secured near the end of the spiral by means of a suitable rivet 21. As shown, the clip is arranged to hold two lengths of hose. The nozzle end of the hose, as shown in Fig. 1, need not be tightly secured to the drum and for that reason I merely as the hose has been Wound, the reel is I placed upon its'side, as shown in F ig. 1, in which position the hose will drain, it being of course assumed that the supporting base is horizontal. Y

The device is simple'of construction, p os itive of operation, and the hose can be wound upon the drum or removed there from with ease, accuracy and despatch.

Having thus described my said invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1 The combination in a device of the character set forth, of a U-shaped bent wood frame, a cross bar within the endsof said frame, two runners secured transversely to said bar ends, a shaft secured near its ends to said runners, wheels upon said shaft,

nuts upon said shaft to secure said wheels,

a hose reel secured between said frame, a shoe mounted upon the side of one of, said runners, and a shoe secured to said frame upon the side having said runner shoe, said two shoes and the nut uponthe end of the shaft being adapted'to support the hose reel so that its axis is in a vertical position, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture, in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE MTMCCALLQ.

Witnesses v J. L. C. BIRD,

WVILLIAM T. MORGAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

